Mike the Usurper wrote:
] ] Mounted patrol officer Rita Harden testified that Scott
] ] had resisted and had run across the street. A videotape
] ] of the confrontation showed that Harden used her horse to
] ] bump Scott into the street, but it never showed him
] ] running away.
] ]
] ]
] ] Police testified that they asked both Bush supporters and
] ] Scott to move, but the video and still photographs
] ] contradicted that claim, defense attorney Mary Parker
] ] said.
]
] Why do I find this horribly disturbing and yet not surprising
] all at the same time?

Because police officers get credibility by default even though they lie just like everyday people.